Research Networks
Research Network Name Representative Role Period
COST ACtion Drylands Facing Change (CA16233) Core group member; Management Committee member 2017 - 2022
EU COST ACTION: Dryands Facing Change Management Committee member; Short Term Research Mission director 2017 - 2022
Covid-19 in African, Asian and North American Drylands Working Group Researcher 2020 - 2022
Social Science Extreme Event Research Network Researcher; Mongolian coordinator 2020 - 2022
Professional Associations
Association Period
Visiting Professor Since 2022
Lisbon Geographical Society Since 2022
Worcester College, Oxford Since 2010
Royal Geographical Society 2005 - 2021
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference Central Eurasian Studies Society and the ESCAS - European Society for Central Asian Studies University of Lisbon 2025
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Workshop Academic Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers Hokkaido University, Japan 2024
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference A GLOBAL REFLECTION ON PASTORALISM AND RELIGIOUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FCT Mystical Natures project, CEI-ISCTE 2024
Coordination of non-scientific event Seminar or Seminar Cycle Central Asian Network, University of Oxford University of Oxford, UK 2023
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference International Unien of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences - IUAES. 5 year international congress, New Delhi, India IUAES 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Workshop Academic writing workshop University of Central Asia 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Sharing academic writing with the world: Kyrgyzstan Summer School University of Central Asia 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Seminar or Seminar Cycle Research Seminar - Lisbon Research Network CEI Iscte Since 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Oxford Desert Conference ISCTE - University of Oxford 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Seminar or Seminar Cycle Nawruz Persian New Year event ISCTE - University of Oxford 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Workshop Academic Writing Workshop Kobe University, Japan 2023
Member of scientific event committee Workshop Congress on Covid-19 in Drylands, Maasai Mara, Kenya University of Bayreuth 2022
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Workshop Academic Research and Writing Summer School National University of Mongolia 2022
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle Fostering Adaptive Governance and Resilience in Local Communities of Central Eurasia: from fragmented pasts to connected futures? University of Oxford, University of Kent, University of Durham 2020 - 2022
Member of scientific event committee Conference Enhancing connectivity and local communities in Uzbekistan: building resilient and adaptive governance University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Uzbekistan To 2021
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Workshop Covid-19 and Pastoralists – International Virtual Forum CEI, ISCTE-IUL; University of Oxford To 2021
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Other Type of Event Post-graduate research course 'International Scientific Research Week' University of Oxford To 2019
Member of scientific event committee Workshop Mystical Natures science retreat, Quinta dos Salgueiros, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL To 2021
Member of scientific event committee Conference Assembleia Geral da COST Action 16233 (Drylands Facing Change: Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Political Instability) Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL --
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference Deserts and Fire Workshop CEI - ISCTE, University of Oxford To 2021
Member of scientific event committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle Seminar in International Studies: What does it mean to decolonize conservation? Reflections with Maasai in East Africa (Mara J. Goldman) Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL To 2022
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Other Type of Event Central Asian Network for researchers - organisational meeting University of Oxford To 2022
Awards
Award Description Year
International Research Fellow, Tokai University, Japan 2023
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Scientific journal editor Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management -- -- Since 2025 English
Scientific journal editor Land 2073-445X Q1 2017 - 2022 English
Scientific journal editor Natural Hazards 0921-030X Q1 -- English
Scientific journal editor Natural Hazards 0921-030X Q1 -- English
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Japanese Association of Mongolian Studies Lecture to specialist audience of Mongolian scholars in Tokyo, Japan 2024
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event 10th Anniversary Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference Conference presentation 2024
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event English Academic Writing seminar English Academic Writing seminar - Meiji University, Tokyo 2024
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Engaging with the giant – Mega-infrastructure projects and local communities Training, presentation - Social Lixense to Protest 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Nomadic Ethics and Intercultural Dialogue Talk: Pastoral Khans: Mongolian herders' contribution to intercultural dialogue 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Lecture at ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal Spirituality, environment and pastoralism on the steppe: a Mongolian story 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Mystical Natures: Exploring connections betweens environmental and religious changes in Mongolia Invited lecture open to the public at the Lisbon Geographical Society 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Academic introduction for secondary school students Introduction to the academic world of possibilities 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Lecture, Tokai University, Tokai, Japan Mystical Natures: Do religious changes impact environmental change in pastoralist drylands: Mongolia and Kenya 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Sharing academic writing with the world: an example from a Mongolian Summer School Talk presenting writing research findings and interests actoss Lisbon universities 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Pastoral diaspora: herders, migrants or explorers? Keynote talk. Kobe University, Japan. Workshop - Transformation of Urban-Rural Relationships and Well-Being in Contemporary Mongolia 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Desert Mobilities workshop Presentation at Desert Mobilities workshop 2023
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Academic training and international writing: Kyrgyazstan Summer School Osh State University: Academic training and international writing: Kyrgyazstan Summer School 2023
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Lisbon Research Network Seminar bringing academics together from different universities in Lisbon to discuss research 2023
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Degradation and desertification on the Mongolian steppe: where is the evidence ? Presentation and public discussion of land degradation and/or desertification in Mongolia 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Lisbon Research Network Sharing academic writing with the world: a Mongolian summer school 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event The Nomadic Steppe: Life in Mongolian Time Lecture at NOVA School of Science and Technology 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Climate, environment and development in Asia’s nomadic steppe A Mongolian story Talk at Agronomia University, University of Lisbon 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences - IUAES, International 5-year Conference Presentation - Women herders’ changing role in Gobi pastoralism 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Lecture, Tokyo Foreign Studies University, Tokyo, Japan Does religious change lead to environmental change? A tale of two pastoral drylands – Kenya and Mongolia 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Mystical Natures: A comparative study of religious-environmental dynamics among Mongolian and Kenyan dryland communities  Lecture at ISCSP University of Lisbon 2023
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Environment of the EurAsian Steppe Presentation to academics at Agronomia University, Lisbon 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Drylands Facing Change - EU Cost Action National representative, Drylands Facing Change CA 16233 2021
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference keynote presentation, University of Central Asia 2019